Newspapers: Legwork in Megalopolis

It was one of the worst subway accidents
in New York City's history, and the New York Times emptied its news
room to cover the story. Three dozen Times reporters galloped to the
scene.
They not only outnumbered all rival reporting teams, but proved almost
as numerous as the accident victims.

That happened 31 years ago. And, in the opinion of Abraham Michael
Rosenthal, 41, who now commands the Times's 160-man army of local news
men, it was symptomatic of much that has long ailed the Times's
coverage of its own home...